The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-05
THE DOOMED ANARCHISTS.


OIL take human life, even according
ne the forms of law, and upon the demar
- of justice. The affirmation Of II
h. judgement of the Court below in Il
S cases of Schwab, Engle, Ling, Spie
d Parsons, Fielden and Fisher by II
e highest court Of the State is finalit,
!, 10 question the righteousness of tbi
act is to question the right of the con
= munlty to protect itself from lawless
ness and to maintain the bene6cent in
situations of the State That these me,
were misguided may be believed: tina
they We're led into crime by the fal
low Most and other foreigners who's,
rantlngS they had listened to anc
whose books they have read !,
kperhaps true. They are nov
adJudged guilty of the highest crime
known to the state. Theirs was a con.
Spracy not only against the lives OF
the constituted authorities; 1t was an
assault upon the orderly and Just re-
Straint which alone can assure the safe
ty and peace of society. 1t wes NOT
alone blow at the individuals; it was
S'roKe at the very foundation of good
order and of the sacred institutions IN.
der which human rights and human
liberty are sheltered.
Men who seek to overthrow law.
wroSe purpose is to substitute anarchy
tor the peaceable methods by which
justice may be obtained should not b |
permitted to linger in the community
they would destroy longer than is re-
CURED under the forms of law to thor
oughIy establish their guilt and allow
! reasonable time for preparation for
death
The anarchists had fair trial. They
were ably defended. Chief Justice
sheldon announced that the errors Of
he court below were SO few and I'm
important That there was no reason for
ordering new trial.
The anarchists protested to be act a
ng for the good of the laboring neo- t
le' They claimed TO be the y
manclpators of labor. 1.-The capi- !
'hStIc class, as they chose to desio- Il
ATE me employers, are the enemies If la
orklng people and as such were to ha
'mpeiled to submit to a divisio, &c i
er possessions until all should have th
eqoal share For this they pur- da
'sed to make war on sociatv OIL hi
ample the law under their feet. And Ia
lat would labor gainP Under suco a I"
glme how would the wage earper b. ~
nehtedP Whatever protection labor IN
S must be by law; whatever prosperity ter
enjoys must come by the stability Of "a "a
'lety' and the orderly administrators oor
the law. If the law is defective tho Tn,
nedy Is peaceable one. In timos of pro
0u'ance labor is the first to sufrar the
All communities where disturbances
prevalent or of frequent occurrence ann
'r IS degraded and poor. II 90, cou
thrive where law is held sacroa SUPP
anarchists are enemies of work,rc the
pie as they are of mankind anal
ever
o"cVer much the necessity which vict'
lald upon the supreme court 70 of trutl
the Judgment of the court hollow n nl5!(
'''ou' It's justice will not zatic
ouoted. A feeling of compassion cial
DC unfortunate prisoners NAV steal no V
the heart. not booo,,u. "'V"i come
tboir ill., ~ y Lhpathy Is no
ah1o -. ''' because OF the la of pa
"Dle situation to which their in =.
"9 crime has brought them. We, hi
Isl be remembered that the nro.oa 0''l'o
-" v. men the state is bound to give murd
u"ens requires al its hands the ox they
On OF these men. The coprt hoo bomb
80 - INC sentence of the people. - y \
majesty Of the law must be sps n =
L. The community must not bo whose
'"e mercy Of The enemies of pub. bleed
Ter. Of th
stre.cl
-, none put forth the now 81
that the seven condemned Ana~ who 4
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are martyrs They commended "hiFi"
hev gave - o. '' man Chic
Z Oh adding 70 the sum Of bu- .oi e't.
aPP,ness- The7 are vioIators he bss + q p
; OF human bat Of the divine chist;r
hey have deserved the misera~ quarrel
ta' which they are in \ few against
20 suffer. II their fate shall he 'neT' p
ns 20 their followers to de.i., . .5[,,29
cir criminal practices, they will rights.
'y.ng have rendered a greater fraud vi
ers'cc than il their lives had doctrine
'lo7sed for thousand years. o o,'' e,1.' q
precedent established BY the NAV vi 3cd /
. Court every lawabiaing Cit. large lel
be grateful. 0'''
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